Expressionengine if statement destroying code - if-statement

Question

I have finally (I think) managed to implement a second language using the multi language alternative wiki in ExpressionEngine.
The problem I’m having is that when i try and add the following if statement (or others)
{if country_code == “fr”} {/if}
around my otherwise fine navee navigation tag, the whole page becomes destroyed.
Upon viewing source, adding the if statement removes LOTS of code before and after it.
It is removing closing tags from before and after the statement, effectively sending the page all over the place.
Does anyone know why this may be the case?
EDIT: Here is the full code:
<div id="top_links">
<ul id="top_links_list">
<li>t: [phone]</li>
<li>e: <a href="mailto:#>Email</a></li>
{if segment_1 == "hotel" OR segment_1 == "contact"}
<li class="hotel_reserve">
{if country_code == "fr"}Réservez votre séjour{/if}{if country_code == "en"}Reserve your stay{/if}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "restaurants" AND segment_2 !="reservations" AND segment_2 !="merci"}
<li class="restaurants_reserve">
{if country_code == "fr"}Réservez votre table{/if}{if country_code == "en"}Reserve your table{/if}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "golf" AND segment_2 !="reservations" AND segment_2 !="merci"}
<li class="golf_reserve">
{if country_code == "fr"}Réservez votre départ{/if}{if country_code == "en"}Reserve your tee-time{/if}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "evenements" AND segment_2 !="reservations" AND segment_2 !="merci"}
<li class="evenements_reserve">
{if country_code == "fr"}Demandez un devis{/if}{if country_code == "en"}Get a quote{/if}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "competitions" AND segment_2 == "view"}
<li class="competitions_retour">
{if country_code == "fr"}Retour au page compétitions{/if}{if country_code == "en"}Return to competitions page{/if}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "competitions" AND segment_2 == "merci"}
<li class="competitions_retour">
Retour au page {segment_1}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "golf" AND segment_2 == "merci"}
<li class="competitions_retour">
Retour au page {segment_1}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "restaurants" AND segment_2 == "merci"}
<li class="restaurants_reserve">
Retour au page {segment_1}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "evenements" AND segment_2 == "merci"}
<li class="evenements_reserve">
Retour au page {segment_1}
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "merci"}
<li class="evenements_reserve">
Retour au page contact
</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 == "events" AND segment_2 == "view"}
<li class="evenements_reserve">
Retour au page Events
</li>
{/if}
</ul>
</div> <!-- end top links -->
{if country_code == "fr"}
{exp:navee:nav nav_title="main_nav" id="nav" parent_selected_class="parent_selected" selected_class_on_parents="true"}
{/if}
</div> <!-- end top right area -->
<div class="clear"></div>
</div> <!-- END TOP AREA -->
Thanks.

Answer 1

In your case, I would use probably Switchee which is far better then tons of if conditional.

Answer 2

Your source code seems to have fancy quotes:
{if country_code == “fr”} {/if}
{if country_code == "fr"} {/if}
See the difference? Try the second line.

Answer 3

You need to make sure you adhere to the directory listing rules and have created all directories and matching folders and rules, referenced.
Change your code to this:
<h2 class="title">{if country_code= "fr"} Bonjour !{/if}</h2>
Note the quote marks are "" and not “” and no double ==